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United States Patent | 5,526,972 |
Frazier ,   et al. | June 18, 1996 |
In order to partition a storage area of a vehicle so that bags of groceries and the like can be arranged in a neat orderly manner, a space organizer includes a backboard which extends laterally across the storage area and at least two wing-like partition members which can be either fixed or hinged and which partition a given area of the storage area into three cells or sub-areas for bags and the like. A lid member can be provided to enclose at least the top of the center cell and in the case where the partition members are hingedly connected to the backboard a bungee cord can be used to retain the two partition members in desired space dividing positions.
Inventors: | Frazier; Richard K. (1 Research Drive, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, CA); Davis; Barry V. (1 Research Drive, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, CA) |
Appl. No.: | 408039 |
Filed: | March 21, 1995 |
Current U.S. Class: | 224/539; 220/529; 220/531; 220/536; 220/542; 224/311; 224/402; 224/403; 224/549; 224/925; 296/37.1; 296/37.5; 296/37.6 |
Intern'l Class: | B60R 007/00; B60R 009/00; B60R 011/00 |
Field of Search: | 224/402,403,539,542,543,549,311,566,925 296/37.1,37.5,37.6 220/520,529,531,536,542,545,557 211/85 |
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4226348 | Oct., 1980 | Dotter et al. | 224/42. |
4718584 | Jan., 1988 | Schoeny | 224/42. |
4746041 | May., 1988 | Cook et al. | 224/42. |
4749226 | Jun., 1988 | Heft | 296/37. |
4828312 | May., 1989 | Kinkel et al. | 296/37. |
4875730 | Oct., 1989 | Justice | 296/37. |
4911296 | Mar., 1990 | Hart, Jr. | 224/542. |
4917429 | Apr., 1990 | Giger | 224/543. |
5025964 | Jun., 1991 | Phirippidis | 224/542. |
5129612 | Jul., 1992 | Beaupre | 248/166. |
5207260 | May., 1993 | Commesso | 160/135. |
Foreign Patent Documents | |||
4015556 | Nov., 1990 | DE | 296/37. |
2229982 | Oct., 1990 | GB. | |
2249767 | May., 1992 | GB. |